מוֹעֵצָהmôwʻêtsâh
counsel, plan, principle, device (Proverbs 22:20; Jeremiah 7:24; Hosea 11:6; Psalms 5:11; Psalms 81:13)
Pronunciation: mo-ay-tsaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4156
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- Psalms 5:10 O God, declare them guilty. Let them be caught in their own traps. Drive them away because of their many sins, for they have rebelled against you.
- Psalms 81:12 So I let them follow their own stubborn desires, living according to their own ideas.
- Proverbs 1:31 Therefore, they must eat the bitter fruit of living their own way, choking on their own schemes.
- Proverbs 22:20 I have written thirty sayings for you, filled with advice and knowledge.
- Jeremiah 7:24 “But my people would not listen to me. They kept doing whatever they wanted, following the stubborn desires of their evil hearts. They went backward instead of forward.
- Hosea 11:6 War will swirl through their cities; their enemies will crash through their gates. They will destroy them, trapping them in their own evil plans.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).